Lady Eagles focusing on FIU

McNelis: Coley a 'difference-maker'

1:32 AM,
Feb. 19, 2014

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The Southern Miss women's basketball team has a chance to do something today that's only been done a handful of times in program history.

With a victory at Florida International today, the Lady Eagles would hit the 20-win mark in the regular season for only the sixth time in the team's 39-year history.

Southern Miss (19-5 overall, 8-3 in Conference USA) has five games remaining until the Conference USA Tournament begins, so the odds of eclipsing 20 wins before then are high. But Lady Eagle head coach Joye Lee-McNelis' focus is solely on FIU and the nation's second-leading scorer, Jerica Coley. ...